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Post by Caller on Nov 28, 2011 10:10:44 GMT -5
I will be trying this. Probably not on release date but around that time.
So if the game randomly chooses one person to answer, does that person's answer become everyone's answer? In other words, you chose a Light Side response, but the person who was picked chose a Dark Side. Do you get hit with Dark side points?
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Nov 28, 2011 20:43:45 GMT -5
From what little I've seen there aren't many dialogue options that affect alignment in groups. The one I did see, three out of four in our group gained light side points while the fourth gained nothing. I think alignment choices are still your own even if what you say doesn't go through. But I'm still not completely clear how it all works. Two days wasn't enough to really get a full understanding on things.
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Apr 28, 2012 17:05:32 GMT -5
I'm firing this up. Some quick things I want to say. I like how the game only has four classes. FFXI had way too many imo and most of them were just cheap copies of each other. Dark Knight was pretty much just Warrior that could cast some crappy black magic for example. And while WoW had ten, each had three different talent trees making for so many different character options. I think Dragon Age, even though it was a single player game, taught us something important. You can have a small amount of character classes and still allow for a ton of customization. There are four classes, as I stated, and each has two specialization trees. Each tree turns it into a different class pretty much. Commandos are pretty much your WoW Paladin. They wear heavy armor, and can tank, DPS, or heal. Where as Smugglers can either be a stealthy Rogue or fight from a distance as a Hunter. I don't think they have pets though. The point is in MMO's, the more job classes you have the harder it is too keep the game balanced. Certain classes will eventually out shine others in PvE while PvP will always have problems of its own. Less classes equals less balance issues. I approve!
One thing they didn't have in the beta that I see now in the retail version are unlockable races. You don't have all the races available right off the get go. You unlock them by reaching level 50 with another race. Interesting idea but in the end its not a feature I care too much about.
I'll be posting more on this game as I play. I am recreating Raylu on the Infinite Empire server. I may change servers in the future if I find out my WoW guild is playing this or if any IRL friends are on.
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Apr 28, 2012 18:28:55 GMT -5
My mistake. You don't unlock new races. Like WoW, only certain races can play a certain class. However, if you level a race to 50 you can then create a new character of that race as any class. For example. Miralukas can be Jedi but they can't be Smugglers. If you play a Miraluka to 50, you can then create a Miraluka Smuggler. I get it! I guess its kinda neat. Still doesn't mean much for me.
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on May 26, 2012 22:53:31 GMT -5
I have a coworker who plays and I created a Jedi on his server. Its an RP-PVP server which I'm not too fond of but whatever. I'm only level 10 (I don't play much) but I am starting PvP now and I really love it! If you lose a BG in WoW is kinda feels like you wasted your time cause you get very little exp/honor for a loss. In ToR obviously you get more for a win but a loss is not that big of an issue. The rewards are still decent enough. Also, whats interesting is when you are in a Warzone (Battleground) you get qued up with people from level 10-49. 50s have their own Warzones. But whats cool is that whatever the highest level person is, everyone below that has their stats (base and gear) bumped up to that level. So as a level 10 I could take on a level 49 Sith character. The 49 will obviously have the advantage cause they have more abilities at their disposal and even the higher quality gear. But this method makes it so that you can still take on those higher levels and give em a decent fight, even if they do have more resources. I lost to a level 30ish Sith dude but I made him work for it. Even as a level 10. I think its neat.
Plus, in WoW you can only spend your honor points at levels 60, 70, 80 and 85. In ToR you can buy PvP starting at level 14. Sadly there's not a lot you can buy pre 50 so you still wanna quest and check out dungeons to keep up with gear but at least you can spend these points at an early level instead of hoarding them in the mean time.
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Aug 4, 2012 10:23:15 GMT -5
ToR is not doing as well as BioWare had hoped. Come fall it will be free to play. It will have subscription options though. If you choose to pay the monthly fee you have access to end game content where as free players will be able to level to 50 and not have anything else available to them. I'll be choosing free play myself.
I can kinda understand why its not doing too well in some cases. PvP seems more balanced and rewarding than WoW but the PvE, from what I've seen in videos seems very basic. The raid content doesn't look too interesting.
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Post by Caller on Aug 4, 2012 10:35:31 GMT -5
Hey, good enough reason for me to give it a try now. Was hesitant when it came out but I'll give it a shot. Not much to lose
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Aug 4, 2012 12:56:46 GMT -5
Exactly. And its been out a few months already so the cost of the game itself shouldn't be too bad either. Its not a bad game really. It borrows a lot from WoW but does some things better. Overall its not a whole lot different but this is a tricky genre.
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Post by Yvondith on Aug 4, 2012 14:19:46 GMT -5
I'd consider trying it but I know much about Star Wars in general. I was very young when I watched the movies (not all of them) and never really was a big fan.
Yes, someone needs to revoke my geek card.
With games that are based on books and movies that I don't know much about, I just don't feel like I can connect to them. I didn't feel comfortable in LOTRO because of that.
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Aug 4, 2012 19:09:54 GMT -5
I totally understand that. I'm not a fan of MMOs based on movie or book licences.I prefer them to be their own world or based off of previous single player games. Kinda like WoW was or FF (sorta). What attracts me to The Old Republic is that it is based more off of the Knights of the Old Republic games for Xbox and PC. Those games take place 1000 years before the movies and other than some aesthetic qualities those games have absolutely nothing to do with the movies. Plus the PvP in this game is what I've always wanted from an online Star Wars game. Past ones have either been RTS (which I suck at) or FPS (which I don't like). This is what I've been waiting for.
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Post by Caller on Aug 5, 2012 1:06:53 GMT -5
That's the thing about The Old Republic. You don't really need to know anything about the movies because they're set way in the past. Granted, it helps. And you won't pick up on references and such. But you're not missing anything. I wasn't really able to play much of TOR on the Xbrick but that's because D&D rules confuse the ever loving fuck outta me. But the BioWare charm is there and I know I'd like it.
When it goes free to play then I'll give it a go. Is it on Steam yet I wonder...
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Aug 6, 2012 11:37:56 GMT -5
No. Just the original KotOR is. EDIT>> They have trial with no time restriction up to level 15 at www.swtor.com
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Aug 7, 2012 19:38:34 GMT -5
I'll take some screens once I hit 20. No, I'm not 20 yet. I've been pulling a "Steph" and deleting and recreating my characters non stop. My stupid co worker kept saying his guild is on such-n-such server as Republic. Then changed servers. Then changed servers again, then stayed on the same server but went Empire instead. I said fuck it! I'm staying on one server now and I'm going Republic! Fuck him! In any case, like I said I'll have screens once I hit 20. I'm 15 now and I want to buy some decent looking PvP gear. Raylu is a n00bish looking Jedi right now. EDIT>> Fuck, why do I keep posting ToR related stuff in the WoW thread. I'm pissing myself off! XD
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Post by Yvondith on Aug 8, 2012 1:38:10 GMT -5
Steph still does that.
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Aug 11, 2012 15:00:05 GMT -5
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